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Post by Californian on Jul 13, 2010 8:49:43 GMT -6
Hasta la vista, creep. Hamilton County Man Executed For Killing 5 Kids In FireRod Mack was 13 years old when he escaped a Cincinnati apartment fire amid the screams of his sisters and the sound of his best friend collapsing to the floor. He alone survived the fire, which was started by a man to cover up the theft of a television, a VCR, a telephone and a radio. More than 18 years later, Mack was on hand to watch the arsonist's execution by lethal injection. In fact, so many people wanted to see William Garner die, a second viewing room was opened, prison officials said. ( ) Garner, 37, was executed at the southern Ohio prison that houses the state's death chamber on Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead at 10:38 a.m. On Monday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati denied Garner's request for postponement to allow him a chance to argue that his death sentences should be thrown out because he had the mental age of a child when he set the fire. Earlier Monday, the Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear a similar mental-age argument, and Gov. Ted Strickland denied clemency. Garner's attorney, Kelly Schneider, had argued in a court motion that Garner's "developmental disabilities, limited IQ, and the horrors of his life" caused him to function on the level of a 14-year-old. It wasn't long after his 19th birthday when Garner, in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 26, 1992, gained access to Addie Mack's apartment by stealing keys from her purse while she received care in the emergency room of a nearby hospital. Her son Rod Mack was the oldest of the six children who were home alone at the time, including his sisters, his friend and a cousin. The youngest was 8. Garner told police that he had noticed the bedroom "full of girls" and that one of them had asked him for water, which he provided, according to a report by the Ohio Parole Board. He also said he had been in another bedroom where the two boys slept. Garner admitted throwing a lighted match on a couch in an attempt to destroy evidence of the burglary and said he thought the children would escape. Only Rod Mack made it out alive. He climbed out a window, barefoot and crying in the bitter cold. Garner was moved Monday morning from death row at a central Ohio prison to the prison where the execution chamber is. He received a special meal that included a porterhouse steak, onion rings, fried shrimp, barbecue ribs and wings, potato wedges, sweet potato pie, chocolate ice cream and red Hawaiian Punch. He spent Monday watching television and talking on the telephone and visited with relatives and his legal team. His niece and lawyer and an investigator planned to watch the execution on his behalf. Garner has said a secondary motivation for setting the fire was to draw attention to the children's squalid living conditions. His attorneys also have argued he should be spared the death penalty because he has a brain impairment from lead poisoning and was a victim of violence and sexual assault as a child. Garner was the sixth person executed in Ohio this year and the 39th put to death by the state since it resumed the practice in 1999.
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Post by Rev. Agave on Jul 13, 2010 8:56:53 GMT -6
I just love the smell of sodium pentothal in the morning!! NEXT!!
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Post by zd3925 on Jul 13, 2010 8:59:38 GMT -6
Hasta la vista, creep. Hamilton County Man Executed For Killing 5 Kids In FireRod Mack was 13 years old when he escaped a Cincinnati apartment fire amid the screams of his sisters and the sound of his best friend collapsing to the floor. He alone survived the fire, which was started by a man to cover up the theft of a television, a VCR, a telephone and a radio. More than 18 years later, Mack was on hand to watch the arsonist's execution by lethal injection. In fact, so many people wanted to see William Garner die, a second viewing room was opened, prison officials said. ( ) Garner, 37, was executed at the southern Ohio prison that houses the state's death chamber on Tuesday morning. He was pronounced dead at 10:38 a.m. On Monday, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati denied Garner's request for postponement to allow him a chance to argue that his death sentences should be thrown out because he had the mental age of a child when he set the fire. Earlier Monday, the Ohio Supreme Court declined to hear a similar mental-age argument, and Gov. Ted Strickland denied clemency. Garner's attorney, Kelly Schneider, had argued in a court motion that Garner's "developmental disabilities, limited IQ, and the horrors of his life" caused him to function on the level of a 14-year-old. It wasn't long after his 19th birthday when Garner, in the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 26, 1992, gained access to Addie Mack's apartment by stealing keys from her purse while she received care in the emergency room of a nearby hospital. Her son Rod Mack was the oldest of the six children who were home alone at the time, including his sisters, his friend and a cousin. The youngest was 8. Garner told police that he had noticed the bedroom "full of girls" and that one of them had asked him for water, which he provided, according to a report by the Ohio Parole Board. He also said he had been in another bedroom where the two boys slept. Garner admitted throwing a lighted match on a couch in an attempt to destroy evidence of the burglary and said he thought the children would escape. Only Rod Mack made it out alive. He climbed out a window, barefoot and crying in the bitter cold. Garner was moved Monday morning from death row at a central Ohio prison to the prison where the execution chamber is. He received a special meal that included a porterhouse steak, onion rings, fried shrimp, barbecue ribs and wings, potato wedges, sweet potato pie, chocolate ice cream and red Hawaiian Punch. He spent Monday watching television and talking on the telephone and visited with relatives and his legal team. His niece and lawyer and an investigator planned to watch the execution on his behalf. Garner has said a secondary motivation for setting the fire was to draw attention to the children's squalid living conditions. His attorneys also have argued he should be spared the death penalty because he has a brain impairment from lead poisoning and was a victim of violence and sexual assault as a child. Garner was the sixth person executed in Ohio this year and the 39th put to death by the state since it resumed the practice in 1999. Adios,dirtbag
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Post by The Tipsy Broker on Jul 13, 2010 9:10:44 GMT -6
Good Riddance
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Post by spinaltap on Jul 13, 2010 9:16:50 GMT -6
Say Bye
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Post by moonlight on Jul 13, 2010 10:26:38 GMT -6
His attorneys also have argued he should be spared the death penalty because he has a brain impairment from lead poisoning and was a victim of violence and sexual assault as a child.
Well, I take it the usual typical crap lawyers of death row inmates just spew moments before conduct of justice and law enforcement. Just wonder is this what they study in law school.
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Post by Matt on Jul 13, 2010 11:04:16 GMT -6
The air in Ohio just got a little cleaner.
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Post by unkelremus on Jul 13, 2010 11:59:40 GMT -6
An Ohio man said he was "heartily sorry" before he was executed Tuesday for the murders of five children in a 1992 Cincinnati apartment fire he set in an attempt to destroy evidence of a burglary. William Garner, 37, died by lethal injection at 10:38 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. As he lay on the execution table, Garner held a dreadlock of hair from a female friend and read a lengthy final statement from notebook paper held by the execution team leader, thanking several people as well as the state of Ohio. "God bless everyone who has been robbed in this procedure," he said. "I thought I'd never be free, but I'm free now." In the pre-dawn hours of Jan. 26, 1992, Garner gained access to Addie Mack's apartment after stealing keys from her purse while she received care in a hospital emergency room. Six children, ages 8 to 13, were at the apartment alone, and Garner knew they were there when he threw a lit match onto a couch. Garner has admitted setting the fire but said he thought the children would escape. Only one, 13-year-old Rod Mack, made it out alive. Mack watched the execution quietly with several others. So many people wanted to witness the execution on behalf of the young victims that the prison opened a second viewing room, prisons spokeswoman Julie Walburn said. Mack and five others were accommodated in the witness room facing the execution chamber, and another three watched on closed-circuit TV in the spillover room, she said. Garner spent his final hours watching television and talking on the telephone with a friend and his twin brother. He visited with his mother and other relatives, as well as with spiritual advisers and his legal team, and took Holy Communion about an hour and a half before the start of his execution. Garner had said a secondary motivation for setting the fire was to draw attention to the children's squalid living conditions. He told police that he had noticed the bedroom "full of girls" and that one of them had asked him for water, which he provided, according to a report by the Ohio Parole Board. He also said he had been in another bedroom where the two boys slept. His lawyers had argued that the death sentences be set aside because Garner had developmental disabilities, a limited IQ and a violent, abusive upbringing that caused him to function on the level of a 14-year-old at the time of the deaths. Garner is the sixth person executed in Ohio this year and the 39th put to death by the state since it resumed the practice in 1999. Posted on Tue, Jul. 13, 2010 10:04 AM Read more: www.kansascity.com/2010/07/13/2079959/ohio-man-executed-for-fire-deaths.html#ixzz0taPzKWoqYeah your sorry ok, burn in hell you worthless piece of elephant chit...another one bites the dust........
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Post by Leah on Jul 13, 2010 16:15:21 GMT -6
Garner finally got what he deserved! I just found out about it because I had to work all day.
Leah
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Post by kingsindanger on Jul 14, 2010 22:46:25 GMT -6
Nice job, OH.
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Post by Leah on Jul 15, 2010 16:26:17 GMT -6
From what I read, Ohio just used Sodium Pentothal only as the lethal injection chemical. I wonder if that is cheaper than using all 3.
Leah
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Post by dude on Jul 15, 2010 22:21:22 GMT -6
This has been their procedure since late last year, IIRC. Cheaper, maybe. But it also helps mess up any 8th amendment arguments, is my understanding.
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Post by Californian on Jul 16, 2010 8:06:48 GMT -6
From what I read, Ohio just used Sodium Pentothal only as the lethal injection chemical. I wonder if that is cheaper than using all 3. Leah Yes.
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Post by socasack on Jul 16, 2010 18:49:09 GMT -6
They should enject a bottle of Drain-O, slowly... is that mean of me?
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Post by kingsindanger on Jul 16, 2010 21:07:35 GMT -6
They should enject a bottle of Drain-O, slowly... is that mean of me? Perhaps a bit mean.
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